Nov 16, 2025
Chayei Sara | Ketura and the Sons of the East, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why Ketura? As the story of Avraham's life comes to a close, we are informed that at some point (perhaps after Sara died), he took another wife - Ketura and, as the straightforward reading indicates, he also took several concubines. He had children...
Nov 16, 2025
Now King David was Old | Haftara | Chayei Sara | 5786, by Rav Eli Weber
Rav Eli Weber begins a new series of shiurim, "This Week's Haftara". What is the legacy of David HaMelekh?
Oct 29, 2025
Lekh Lekha | Avraham's Early Years: The Genesis of Midrashic Visions, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
What are the sources of the well-known Midrashim about Avraham's early years?
There are numerous Midrashim that explore the early years of Avraham, attempting to explain his selection as the progenitor of a great nation and...
Oct 22, 2025
Noach | "My Covenant", by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
What Berit is Hashem referring to before the Flood?
In Hashem's instructions to Noach regarding the construction of the Ark, He prefaces the command that Noach, his family and the representatives of the animal kingdom all enter the Ark with an odd phrase - "I will fulfill...
Oct 12, 2025
Leil Hoshana Rabba 5786 | Should You Make a Berakha on Seeing the Freed Hostages, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
IY"H they will be released in the morning, Hoshana Rabba.